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27 Aug

“Capitalism without Financial Failure is Not Capitalism...

by Barry Ritholtz
Jim Grant with a very worthwhile read in this yesterday morning’s NYT: The Fed’s Subprime Solution. Grant notes that credit boom...

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22 Aug

Five Reasons Why the Fed Won’t Cut Rates

by Barry Ritholtz
The Fed assumption made by many is that its a sure thing that Bernanke and the FOMC are going to give into the whining and pleading and...

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22 Aug

Truth-in-Lending Disclosure Failure Leads to Mortgage becoming...

by Barry Ritholtz
Every now and again, a potentially significant story manages to slip through the cracks, barely noticed by anyone. A recent Dow Jones...

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21 Aug

Fed Easings and Market Tops

by Barry Ritholtz
From Jack McHugh comes this observation about the nature of market tops and Fed easings: "There have now been 3 hair-raising...

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20 Aug

Catching up with the Fed’s Thinking

by Barry Ritholtz
The WSJ has what appears to be an "All Fed, All the Time" edition out this morning. A combination of articles does a very good...

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17 Aug

Major Central Bank Intervention in the Current Global Liquidity...

by Barry Ritholtz
Great chart, via Plexus Asset Management: > Its so simple! How can this not work? > Source:Why the Fed’s rate cut did not come as...

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17 Aug

FOMC Statement: 50 BP Discount Window Rate Cut

by Barry Ritholtz
For immediate release: To promote the restoration of orderly conditions in financial markets, the Federal Reserve Board approved...

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16 Aug

Open Thread: A Stealth Fed Rate Cut?

by Barry Ritholtz
Today’s absurdity was this rumor circulating that the Fed was arranging a secret meeting. Than the rumor came that they were going...

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16 Aug

Attention Robert Novak: The Fed isn’t at Neutral

by Barry Ritholtz
Neutral Bias? Apparently so, according to the political pundit Robert Novak, in an otherwise cogent piece titled A Rate Cut on Hold....

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14 Aug

Open Thread: Closing the Barn Door on Sub-Prime ARM Mortgages

by Barry Ritholtz
To be filed under "Better-Late-Than-Never" regulatory actions: The Federal Reserve is considering the following changes in...

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  • About Barry Ritholtz

      Barry L. Ritholtz is co-founder, chairman, and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management LLC. Launched in...

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